Difference between revisions of "Gnomes"
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| − | Gnomes are clannish, insular people. Perhaps it was not always this way, but historical circumstance has thrust that role upon them, and a discussion of Gnomish life and culture cannot be discussed without a discussion of their history. To a Gnome, history is culture. Since being originally displaced and enslaved from [[Old Hakan]] during the days of the [[First Empire]], Gnomes tended to be artisans and skilled workers. When they entered into the [[Gnomish Vassalage]], they were freed but were instead force integrated into Dwarven society. In order to cling to their heritage, they became fastidious keepers of history and jealously guarded those innovations they brought with them from their days of technical servitude. The restoration of their homeland during Alexandria's Crusade infused them with a cultural pride, but has also galvanized them toward radicalism. | + | Gnomes are clannish, insular people. Perhaps it was not always this way, but historical circumstance has thrust that role upon them, and a discussion of Gnomish life and culture cannot be discussed without a discussion of their history. To a Gnome, history is culture. Since being originally displaced and enslaved from [[Old Hakan]] during the days of the [[First Empire]], Gnomes tended to be artisans and skilled workers. When they entered into the [[Gnomish Vassalage]], they were freed but were instead force integrated into Dwarven society. In order to cling to their heritage, they became fastidious keepers of history and jealously guarded those innovations they brought with them from their days of technical servitude. The restoration of their homeland during [[Alexandria's Crusade]] infused them with a cultural pride, but has also galvanized them toward radicalism. |
Theirs is by far the most technically advanced species and nation in the Known World, although - oddly enough - Gnomish Wizardry trends toward the spiritual rather than technical. | Theirs is by far the most technically advanced species and nation in the Known World, although - oddly enough - Gnomish Wizardry trends toward the spiritual rather than technical. | ||
Gnomes live primarily in [[Gildenhome]] and [[Hakan]]. | Gnomes live primarily in [[Gildenhome]] and [[Hakan]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 3 January 2008
Gnomes are clannish, insular people. Perhaps it was not always this way, but historical circumstance has thrust that role upon them, and a discussion of Gnomish life and culture cannot be discussed without a discussion of their history. To a Gnome, history is culture. Since being originally displaced and enslaved from Old Hakan during the days of the First Empire, Gnomes tended to be artisans and skilled workers. When they entered into the Gnomish Vassalage, they were freed but were instead force integrated into Dwarven society. In order to cling to their heritage, they became fastidious keepers of history and jealously guarded those innovations they brought with them from their days of technical servitude. The restoration of their homeland during Alexandria's Crusade infused them with a cultural pride, but has also galvanized them toward radicalism.
Theirs is by far the most technically advanced species and nation in the Known World, although - oddly enough - Gnomish Wizardry trends toward the spiritual rather than technical.
Gnomes live primarily in Gildenhome and Hakan.
